Delaware Supreme Court Recognizes Right to Bear Arms Outside Home

Important Case: Today’s unanimous Delaware Supreme Court opinion, en banc, is one of the few in the country that has expressly recognized that there is a constitutional “right to bear arms outside the home”. Slip op. at 17. In particular, this decision was based on Article I, Section 20 of the Delaware Constitution, which provides broader rights than the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This case involved the rights of residents of a housing authority in Wilmington that were subject to eviction for exercising their fundamental right to self defense.